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No. 472,462. y Patented Apr. 5, 18.92,l

l'. n' hh l I UNITED- STATES PATENT QEEICE.

- IIENRY J. MARK, oE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AsSIe'NoR orv ONE-HALE ToHENRY GAUS, JR., oF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,462, dated April 5,1892. Application filed June 3, 1891. Serial No. 394,954. (No model.)

gated part, substantially as is hereinafter defl scribed and claimed,aided by the annexed drawings, making part of this specicationY andexhibiting a desirable mode of carrying out the improvement, and inwhich- Figure l is a view looking toward theinner side thereof of theWrapper in a developed form; 'Fig 2, a section on the line 2 2 of Fig.l; Fig. 3, a view in perspective of one form of the wrapper as itappears upon a bottle, and Fig. 4 a horizontal section of the wrapperupon a bottle.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The wooden corrugated partis represented in the form of the sections-A AA2 A3, and B represents the sheet of paper which preferably forms theouter covering that is applied to the sections. The corrugations d ofthe wood are parallel with the grain of the section or piece of woodhaving the corrugations. -The wooden portion of the wrapper may be inone continuous piece or in two, three, or more sections. For Inostpurposes I prefer four sections, substantially as shown, and saidsections may be relatively arranged so that they abut quite closely uponor even to lap upon each other, or so that they are separated from eachother, substantially as shown.

It is desirable to form the corrugated portion of the wrapperinsections, partly because it enables it to be made from smaller pieces ofwoodV and the corrugations thereby economically produced and by means ofsimpler and less expensive machinery and partly bccauseitfacilitates theapplication of the wrapper to the object it is intended to protect, forthe wrapper can be bent or turned readily on the lines which separatethe sections,

and the wrapper thus be readily adapted not only to round bottles, butalso to Square or angular ones.

The improvement may be partly-carried out with the wooden corrugatedportion only; but in most instances the covering B should` be used inconjunction with the corrugated portion and partly to unite thecorrugated portions when in the form of separated sections, as shown,but more especially for the purpose of providing a better protection forthe article being wrapped. To this end said covering,which is preferablya suitably-strong piece of paper, is not only attached to the corrugatedpart, but connected therewith so as to be taut thereon throughoutthewidth thereof-that is,so as to enable the covering to remain stretchedfrom ridge to ridge of the corrugated portion when subjected to externalblows or shocks-as, for instance, by reason of bottles in a casestriking each otherin the handling of the case-for if the coveringyields to pressure, so that it between the conveXities or `ridges of thecorrugated portion conforms to the curvature of the corrugations and theconvexities of the Wrapperupon one bottle enter the concavities of thewrapper upon another bottle, it does not afford as much protection tothe artcle being wrapped as if it retains its flat form.

4A paper covering necessarily yields somewhat to pressure; but when itis applied so that it is substantially iiat upon the corrugated portionand is united thereto substantially throughout the width thereof itcannot well yield so as to conform closely to several of the concavitiesof the corrugated portion simultaneously. If it is forced into one ofthem, it is the less liable to enter the adjoining concavities, and,irrespective of this` the covering, when attached to the corrugatedportion, as described, is of special value in staying the corrugations(made as they are parallel with the grain of the Wood) againstsplitting.

The most desirable mode of uniting the covering to the corrugations forthe purpose described is to sew the covering and sections togetheracross the width thereof, substantially as shown. Said covering may beof the same size substantially as that of the corru- TOO gated portionor of the combined corrugated sections, or the covering may be bothwider and higher than the saine. So far as the Width of the Wrapper isconcerned the covering is preferably extended at one side IJ only; butat the top and bottom of the wrapper the covering sometimes is extendedsubstantially as shown at Z2' and b2, respectively. The side extensionZ) is useful in uniting the side edges of the wrapper in use. This isexemplified in Fig. 4, in which view C represents a bottle, say, havingsquare corners, and in this instance the Width of a section A A', die.,corresponds substantially with the width of one of the bottle sides C,and thereby the Wrapper can be applied quite advantageously to thebottle, as shown. The sections respectively come against the sides ofthe bottles, and the portions b3 of the covering between, the sectionscome, respectively, opposite the corners of the bottles, and theextension Z) laps upon the adjoining section, and the Wrapper can befurther secured by fastening said extension and adjoining sectiontogether. The sections A A', dac., may in Width vary from that of thesides of the bottle.

An additional object of the improvement is to provide What may be termeda store-Wrapper, as Well as a wrapper for packing purposes only.

After the bottle or whatever article the Wrapper is applied to has beenenwrapped, as indicated in Fig. 4, the extensions ZJ' b2 are folded, asindicated in Fig. 3, to inclose the bottle at its ends as well as at itssides, substantially as shown. The bottle having the wrapper thusapplied thereto can be safely transported, then withdrawn from itstransportation-case and placed upon the shelf in a store or elsewhere,and the same wrapper made to serve a double purpose.

To more completely carry out the improve ment, the covering B has asuitable space b4, to which a label or inscription may be applied. Thedescribed Inode of holding the covering taut upon the corrugated portionis promotive of the last-described use of the wrapper in that it iscalculated to provide a smoother surface to receive the inscriptionreferred to.

Making the corrugation parallel with the grain of the Wood isadvantageous in several Ways. It enables the corrugation to bemadeconsiderably deeper than it can be when the corrugation is not parallel.For example, the corrugation can be made about twice as deep as it canbe when the corrugation is at right angles to the grain of the Wood. Thecorrugation is also more elastic than one in which the grain is notparallel With the corrugation. Furthermore, such a corrugation as heredescribed and claimed can be cut from dry Wood. This form of corrugationin a bottle-Wrapper is therefore desirable irrespective of any auxiliary outer covering. It Will be noted that in use the corrugationsare arranged vertically in the wrapper.

l. A bottle-Wrapper combining in its construction an inner Woodencorrugated part and an outer covering, said covering being held tautupon said corrugated part throughout the width thereof by stitching,substantially as described.

2. A bottle-wrapper combining in its construction an inner Woodencorrugated part and an outer covering, the direction of the corrugationbeing parallel with the grain of the wood and said covering beingfastened to and held taut upon said corrugated part throughout the Widththereof by stitching, substantially as described.

3. A bottle-Wrapper made in sections, as described, each combining inits construction an inner Wooden corrugated part and an outer smoothcovering, the direction of the corrugation being parallel with the grainof the Wood and said corrugation extending verticallyin the Wrapper andsaid covering being fastened to and held tautupon said corrugated part,substantially as described.

Witness my hand this lst day of June, 1891.

HENRY J. MARK.

NVitnesses:

C. D. MOODY, B. F. REX.

